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List of contents
Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Note on the Texts and Translation; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I. Questions about Created Wills: 1. Are Memory, Intellect, and Will Really Distinct Powers? (Rep. II, q. 20); 2. On Pleasure, Pain, and Distress (Var. Ques. q. 6, a. 9); 3. On Practical Activity, Ends, and Moral Knowledge (Ord., Prologue, qq. 10-12, excerpts); 4. On Love, Hate, and Final Causes (Var. Ques., q. 4, excerpts); 5. Should Everything Other Than God Only Be Used? (Ord., d. 1. q. 1); 6. Is Enjoyment an Act of the Will Alone? (Ord., d. 1, q. 2); 7. Does the Will Contingently and Freely Enjoy the Ultimate End? (Ord., d. 1, q. 6); 8. Does a Beatified Will Necessarily Enjoy God? (Rep. IV, q. 16); Part II. Questions about the Divine Will: 9. Could God Make a World Better than this World? (Ord., d. 44, q. un, excerpts); 10. Is God's Will the Immediate and First Cause of Everything that is Done? (Ord., d. 45, q. un); 11. Could the Divine Will be Impeded by any Creaturely Power? (Ord., d. 46, q. 1); 12. Could God Command that a Bad Thing Be Done? (Ord., d. 47, q. un); 13. Is Every Created Will Obligated to Conform Itself to the Divine Will? (Ord., d. 48, q. un.); Part III. Questions about Virtue and Moral Goodness: 14. Does a Virtuous Habit have the Intellective Part as its Subject? (Rep. III, q. 11); 15. Is Every Virtuous Habit Generated from Acts? (Rep. III, q. 12); 16. On Self-Control, Temperance, and Prudence (Var. Ques. q. 6, a. 10); 17. Could the Will have a Virtuous Act concerning an Object about which there is an Error in the Intellect? (Var. Ques., q. 8); 18. Is a Bad Angel Always Engaging in a Bad Act? (Rep. II, q. 15); 19. On the Nature of Mortal Sin (Rep. IV, qq. 10-11, excerpts); 20. On Acts that are Intrinsically and Necessarily Virtuous (Var. Ques. VII, a. 1, excerpts); 21. Is Only an Act of the Will Necessarily Virtuous? (Quod. III, q. 14); 22. Can there be Demonstrative Knowledge about Morals? (Quod. II, q. 14); Part IV. Questions about Charity, Merit, and Grace: 23. Is it Necessary to Posit Three Theological Virtues in This Life that Can Remain in the Next Life? (Rep. III, q. 9, excerpts); 24. Is it Necessary to Posit, in addition to the Holy Spirit, Absolute Created Charity Formally Informing the Soul? (Ord., d. 17, q. 1); 25. Could an Act of the Will be Meritorious without Charity Formally Informing the Soul? (Ord., d. 17, q. 2); 26. Does Every Meritorious Act Presuppose Created Charity? (Ord., d. 17, q. 3); 27. On the Infusion of Virtue and Grace and the Removal of Guilt in Baptism (Rep. IV, qq. 3-5); Index.
Summary
In these questions, most never before published in English, medieval philosopher William of Ockham considers such topics as virtue, vice, intellect, will, love, hate, freedom, sin, and God's relationship to morality. Students and scholars of both philosophy and theology will appreciate the accessible translations and ample notes on the text.
